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Proverbs 5:9
lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
Proverbs 5:9 · Darby Bible
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Proverbs 5:9 in other translations
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
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In context
6 Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
7 And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
10 lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;
11 and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
12 and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
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